the fact is it was a nigger joke from the get go he was trying to make a joke that we all knew had nigger in it without actually saying the word kind of a nudge nudge wink wink then he accidentally said it it makes little difference he should not have been making nigger jokes in the first place or even alluding to them this apology is hollow he should have the courage to admit that it was wrong to use that particular racist limerick period he could have said tiger but that would have spoiled the laugh he was going for